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I agree totally Tarantula. Your advice is sound. Trouble is getting people to take it. Sadly some people will just go ahead and do what they want or how fancy takes them in spite of all the good advice in the world. Many people don't have the experience or the skill to deal with scammers. Some of whom are very experienced and skilled. I was almost fooled the first time I got a call thus.."This is Windows tech department. YOur computer is showing that it may have been compromised..blah blah..ending with..if you can allow us remote access we can fix this problem for you ..cost is $100 blab blah.. via credit card." My son saved me from this when put them on speaker..Dad!..it's a scam!..hang up"...Never again. I was fooled.Re: Gullibility
My first line of defence with any of this type of call is to tell the caller that I have an urgent appointment that cannot wait then suggest they leave a name and number and I will get back to them. Surprise surprise as of yet no one has complied with my request.Re: Gullibility
Some scams are incredibly well set up though. I wouldn't get caught by email scams they tend to look scammy but we did respond to someone advertising a holiday chalet when we were looking for a static caravan. Man seemed really genuine, he showed us round the chalet and we spoke we thought to the park owner. Went home to talk about it and paid a deposit 10 days later. We then discovered when we returned to the site for another look alone that we hadn't spoken to the owner of either the chalet or the site. They had set us up well. We never got our money back and we have watched in horror as time and again that chalet is advertised. Police say it's not something they can deal with, we tried to get a solicitor to help stop them but they couldn't find a way to prevent it either. So this man is sitting pretty taking £1000 deposits at least 6 times a year and disappearing off to portugal to live a happy wealthy life.Re: Gullibility
The only time I was caught in a scam was when I sent for a free sample of a new miracle wrinkle cream. Yes I know it's too good to be true but it was a free sample!!Re: Gullibility
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